Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Issued

Nov 3, 2000, 3:55 AM CST (09:55 UTC)

Expired

Nov 3, 2000, 6:00 AM CST

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Brazos County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Madison County, TX

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
355 AM CST FRI NOV 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
  NORTHERN GRIMES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
  BRAZOS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 600 AM CST

* AT 355 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER CLUSTER OF HEAVY
  RAINFALL OVER BRAZOS AND GRIMES COUNTIES...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THIS
  CLUSTER WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS...LIKELY
  PRODUCING ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN ADDITION TO THE 4 TO 10 INCHES
  OF RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER THIS EVENING.

* FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN OR NEAR...
  BRYAN...KURTEN
  NORTH ZULCH...MADISONVILLE
  IOLA...BEDIAS
  RURAL LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF STATE HIGHWAY 30.

DO NOT CROSS ANY LOCATION WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD! USE EXTRA CAUTION
AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DEPTH AND SPEED OF FLASH
FLOOD WATERS.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE...OR
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3106 9567 3090 9585 3047 9616 3074 9642
          3105 9609

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Nov 3, 3:40 AM CST, 15 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
340 AM CST FRI NOV 3 2000

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES OVER THE NRN THIRD OF THE CWA. THE
FLOODING IS ABATING IN BRAZOS COUNTY...BUT MANY ROADS ARE STILL
BLOCKED IN MADISON COUNTY. WILL EXTEND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING TIL 6
AM FOR BRAZOS AND MADISON COUNTIES TO ACCOUNT FOR THE CLUSTER THAT
WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.

THE MAIN FORECAST ISSUES ARE HEAVY RAIN AND FLOOD POTENTIAL. THE 18Z
MESOETA...00Z ETA...03Z RUC...AND 00Z NOGAPS ARE IN BASIC AGREEMENT
WITH SHIFTING THE HEAVY RAIN FOCUS TO CNTRL TX THROUGH 24 HRS. LONG
WV LOOPS SHOW EXTREME MOIST AIR FEED FROM THE TROPICS SEEMS TO BE
SHIFTING SLIGHTLY WEST...AND 850-500 MB UPPER AIR ANALYSES FROM 00Z
THU/00Z FRI SHOW SLIGHT RIDGING WWRD FROM THE CNTRL GULF COAST INTO
SERN TX. THE MODELS THEN SHIFT THE FOCUS BACK OVER SERN TX ON SAT AS
THE COLD FRONT IN THE CNTRL PLAINS FINALLY GETS KICKED SEWRD. EVEN
SO...THE FRONT WILL LIKELY STALL/WASHOUT IN THE COASTAL WATERS AND
THUS MAINTAIN POPS INTO THE EXTENDED PERIOD.

WILL EXTEND THE FFA BOTH IN SPACE ONE ROW OF COUNTIES SE...AND IN
TIME THROUGH TONIGHT. OBSERVATIONS AND MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATE THE
PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE FOR THE FAR NWRN ZONES...BUT A MARGIN OF
SAFETY IS WARRANTED.

.KHGX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY AND TONIGHT ALONG/NORTH OF A LINE
              FROM COLUMBUS TO CONROE TO LIVINGSTON.
        SCEC COASTAL WATERS 20-60 NM.

31/40/48

PRELIMS...
CLL TR 074/063 072/060 074 +88
IAH TR 079/067 077/063 077 657
GLS WR 080/073 077/070 076 447

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.